Cereal grain processing
AssigneeDupont Nutrition Biosciences Aps
InventorEduardo Wilson Santos Pimentel
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems, compositions and methods for the processing of cereal grains, and in particular wheat, as well as optimized enzyme compositions suitable for that particular purpose.
Claims50
A method for conditioning a cereal grain, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a cereal grain comprising one or more β-glucans and one or more arabinoxylans;
- b. adding water in combination with a liquid composition comprising one or more cell-wall modifying enzyme(s) to the cereal grain;
- and
- c. conditioning the cereal grain for a specific amount of time for the cereal grain to absorb the water in the presence of said one or more cell-wall modifying enzyme(s).
The method of claim 34, wherein the wet gluten in said conditioned cereal is at least 24%, 25%, 27%, 29%, 30%, 31% or 32%.
An aqua composition comprising an expression product obtained by fermentation of a species of the genus Trichoderma;
- which expression product comprises a beta-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.6) and a cellulase (EC 3.2.1.4), wherein said beta-glucanase is present in an amount of 1000-2000 AZO BBG U per gram aqua composition and said cellulase is present in an amount of 6000-8000 IU per gram aqua composition.
An aqua composition comprising a xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8), wherein said xylanase is present in an amount of 100000-300000 units per gram aqua composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.